Zach Leathermanzachleat@zachleat.com
Oct 21, 2026, 1:08 PMI know folks get real mad when I say this but in times of widespread security crisis, static sites sure are nice
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devolutedevolute@mastodon.socialOct 21, 2026, 1:14 PM@zachleat Your face when.
- Zach Leathermanzachleat@zachleat.comOct 21, 2026, 1:27 PM
@devolute my anxiety could never
Oct 21, 2026, 1:55 PM@zachleat
My mitigation has been to just remove PHP from my servers. There shouldn't have been any remaining service depending on it, and if there accidentally was, I prefer learning about that from it not working, rather than it compromising my systems.
Oct 21, 2026, 2:29 PM@zachleat they shouldn’t. a status.html page should be static, served in a subdomain and a from a separate server (or vps). that even MDN doesn't practice that is proof how the appification of web development has degraded the practice of developing actual websites.
Ben Zeigler | DoubleBufferedDoubleBuffered@mastodon.gamedev.placeOct 21, 2026, 2:35 PM@zachleat I've started using Astro which lets you use all of the fancy javascript coding you could ever want, to make completely static sites in production
Tim Appletimapple@fosstodon.orgOct 21, 2026, 2:43 PM@zachleat nothing to patch on a pile of html files is a pretty nice feeling today lol
- Oct 21, 2026, 2:50 PM
@zachleat my thoughts exactly :3 but let’s just not fuel the fire… not yet. :D
rzeta0rzeta0@mastodon.worldOct 21, 2026, 2:54 PM
